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'These are food memoirs, salacious and exotic, colorful, powdered, sweet, greasy and globe-trotting . . . sharp and speedy little reads, spotted with off-kilter illustrations' --Chicago Tribune
'These little morsels of books are part of a delightful and new imprint known as the Edible series . . . The history of each foodstuff is set out compactly and with erudition . . . in each case, it's when the history moves closer to current day that revelation and delight meet.' --Diplomat magazine
'These little morsels of books are part of a delightful and new imprint known as the Edible series . . . The history of each foodstuff is set out compactly and with erudition . . . in each case, it's when the history moves closer to current day that revelation and delight meet.' --Diplomat magazine
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The first 'designer' tearoom was opened in Glasgow in 1897 in order that intellectual conversation, art and a popular drink could be enjoyed in one place. Since then, tea has become the world's favourite beverage. From Indian chai to Burmese pickled lephet tea, and from brick tea to Taiwanese 'bubble tea', tea is a unique and adaptable potation, consumed in myriad incarnations in almost all nations across the globe. In Tea: A Global History, Helen Saberi explores the rich and fascinating history of tea. She looks at the economic and social uses of tea, which was used as currency during the Tang Dynasty, and combined with Tango dancing in 1913 to create a tea dance called The Dansant. Tea also explores how customs and traditions surrounding the beverage have evolved throughout time, as well as where and how tea is grown around the world. Featuring vivid images of tea cups, plants, rooms and houses, and recipes for both drinking tea and using it as a flavouring, Tea will engage the senses while providing a history of tea and its uses. Because Saberi connects the reader to tea's flavour and presentation as she explores its legendary origins and present day popularity, Tea will appeal to readers interested not only in tea's history, customs and traditions, but also in the drink itself.
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Format:Hardcover
The author - Helen Saberi - may be described as a culinary academic. She has written a number of books on the subject of food and has assisted in the compilation of the Oxford Companion to Food. This book on tea is very accessible to the general reader, and contains some very interesting information for scholarly research. The book is arranged into seven chapters, not including an introduction, a recipes section, and a glossary, etc. The chapters are entitled:
1) What is Tea?
2) China.
3) Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
4) Caravans and Mediterranean ?Shores.
5) Tea Comes to the West.
6) India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
7) Tea Today and Tomorrow.
The origins of tea are obscure. Saberi explains that tea in Chinese legends may well date back to Emperor Shen Nong (1737-1697BC), although another Chinese legend attributes its beginning to a Buddhist scholar named Wu Li Zhen who is believedto have visited India around 53 BC, where he is believed to have been given seven tea plants, possibly selected from tea already growing in Assam. He brought these plants back to China and planted them on Meng Mountain, Sichuan, an area still famous today for its Gan Lu or 'Sweet Dew' tea.
Tea is of course a British obsession. It is interesting to note that this habit only began in the 17th century in England - with tea being served as an alternative drink in coffee houses. It soon caught on and its price fell as a consequence, allowing people of all classes to partake in the beverage that the Chinese observed to be a general stimulant, that served as a tonic. Tea is of course the Fujian pronounciation of the Manderin word 'cha'. Contained within this book is a very clear explanation of how tea is grown, together with the various processes employed that produce the different blends of tea we know today This is a very good book printed and designed with all the elegance befitting the Japanese Tea Ceremony.
1) What is Tea?
2) China.
3) Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
4) Caravans and Mediterranean ?Shores.
5) Tea Comes to the West.
6) India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
7) Tea Today and Tomorrow.
The origins of tea are obscure. Saberi explains that tea in Chinese legends may well date back to Emperor Shen Nong (1737-1697BC), although another Chinese legend attributes its beginning to a Buddhist scholar named Wu Li Zhen who is believedto have visited India around 53 BC, where he is believed to have been given seven tea plants, possibly selected from tea already growing in Assam. He brought these plants back to China and planted them on Meng Mountain, Sichuan, an area still famous today for its Gan Lu or 'Sweet Dew' tea.
Tea is of course a British obsession. It is interesting to note that this habit only began in the 17th century in England - with tea being served as an alternative drink in coffee houses. It soon caught on and its price fell as a consequence, allowing people of all classes to partake in the beverage that the Chinese observed to be a general stimulant, that served as a tonic. Tea is of course the Fujian pronounciation of the Manderin word 'cha'. Contained within this book is a very clear explanation of how tea is grown, together with the various processes employed that produce the different blends of tea we know today This is a very good book printed and designed with all the elegance befitting the Japanese Tea Ceremony.
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Tea History
7 May 2012
Format:Hardcover
This author writes about the history of tea and she does it in a way that is interesting. It is a short volume and it hits the highlights very well. There are illustrations throughout the text which add to the reader's enjoyment. The chapters cover the origin of tea and each chapter includes another country as tea spread around the world.
There is a section of tea recipes, and recipes for other food items like green-tea ice cream, and lemon and rose tea jelly. There is a glossary and a list of resources. This was not heavy reading, it goes fairly quickly and is informative. -- Valerie Lull, Author, Ten Healthy Teas
There is a section of tea recipes, and recipes for other food items like green-tea ice cream, and lemon and rose tea jelly. There is a glossary and a list of resources. This was not heavy reading, it goes fairly quickly and is informative. -- Valerie Lull, Author, Ten Healthy Teas
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